page_title: Takydromus tachydromoides
hierarchical_section_title: Takydromus tachydromoides
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: ニホンカナヘビの頭部（日本金蛇、学名：Takydromus tachydromoides (Schlegel, 1838) ）、簗谷山(岐阜県下呂市)にて English: Takydromus tachydromoides, head, in Mount Yanadani, Gero, Gifu prefecture, Japan.
context_page_description: Takydromus tachydromoides is the Japanese grass lizard, found in Japan. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi'. 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a snake.
  There are three lizards found in the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese gekko, and the Japanese five-lined skink.
  The lizard is 18-25cm long. The tail occupies more than 2/3 of the total length. Surface looks like dry.
  They live in grassland and on rooves. They needs to bask in the sun for temperature control.
  They eat insects and spiders.
  They lay white eggs. They don't protect their eggs.
context_section_description: Takydromus tachydromoides is the Japanese grass lizard, found in Japan. Its Japanese name is 'kanahebi'(カナヘビ). 'Hebi' means 'snake' in Japanese, although this lizard is not a snake. 
  There are three lizards found in the four main islands of Japan. The other two are the Japanese gekko (also, Schlegel's Japanese gekko, Gekko japonicus), and the Japanese five-lined skink (Eumeces latiscutatus, also Plestiodon latiscutatus; this skink shows five lines only as a juvenile).
  The lizard is 18-25cm long. The tail occupies more than 2/3 of the total length. Surface looks like dry.
  They live in grassland and on rooves. They needs to bask in the sun for temperature control.
  They eat insects and spiders.
  They lay white eggs. They don't protect their eggs.
caption: face of Takydromus tachydromides
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